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YourNemesis:
Anybody born and raised there lol

What

Lagos belongs to anybody who was born and raised there or who had lived there for 18 to 20 years. Shikina must every thing belong to a tribe.

Eberejesus111:
Yeah true, but the Igbos have the highest rate of fair and spotless dark beauties in the country... It's a known fact, walk at your streets, offices anywhere you'll see them women and men alike.

the fair part is true but the beauty part am still skeptical.

Eberejesus111:
Without the Igbos there'll be no economy, there'll be no Nollywood(entertainment), there'll be no fashionistas, there'll be no fair and handsome beauties and men ...there'll be no giant of Africa.

this post made me laugh fair and handsome ni. for your information they are fair people in every tribe in Nigeria and when did fair become the standard of beauty the most beautiful girl I know in Nigeria is a very dark skinned Ijaw girl. heart her like no man's business.

ijawcitizen:
ERROR! ERROR!! ERROR!..
The Ijaws & Igbos dont have any point of intersection historically, culturally & geographically.

Our only point of intersection is the infamous slave trade and the dungeon called "nigeria"

Denial! Denial!! Denial!!! How can you say that to a neighboring tribe which you have Coexisted with for Centuries.

Number 111. Epie is found in Bayelsa nt Rivers. thats the language i speak. The list is not complete. In Bayelsa we have 5 major languages, and some of them are nt in the list Gud job sha

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I wanted to say that thank you for saying it the list is not current.

catice:
Some Lagosians are just crazy and there's little or nothing you can do to avoid some ugly situations.
About 8 years ago I got an employment with a financial institution in Marina. I bought a HP smart phone back then, and this phone took about half of my salary.
I hunged the phone below my belt and set out to go home at the close of business one fateful day. It was about 6pm in the evening. When I got to CMS, a guy walked up to me. I initially tot he wanted to say something meaningful. He grabbed my left leg and said" abi make dem carry you go your village" I was angry and I asked he why he did that nonsense and all that. He apologized immidiately and crossed to the other side of the road. I paused for a while to figure out what happened. Lo and behold my phone was gone and my pouch was still firmly locked. That was d first time I payed my dues! How else could I have been careful in Lagos?

Yu fall hand guy where u from come. even Yenagoa weh na small city sef Yu no fit try dah kain tin. If this is how some people behave n lag then you'll be calling the place dangerous for no reason. Chaii I shame for u.

Are you people still measuring Dicks? pathetic. But wait these cities u people are boasting of are u sure they would have developed to this scale if everybody was on Nairaland doing the same thing y'all are doing. The real hardworkers are out there working hard to develop they cities why you people keep giving me alert on my Following topics section. Abeg like I said before I still have Yenagoa to worry about you majority tribes should go do your thing.

gregyboy:
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Now i get you...i never knew there is a name for a particular pidgin baffi cool

Are u u edo

Nope Iam proudly Bayelsan Straight outta Yentown. And their is another thing I want to say The pidgin spoken in ND isn't ungramatical as to the unwritten rules of Pidgin the ones that are ungramatical are the ones spoken in the other Regions because there it's not a first or native language there and most hardly speak it. The thing is that assuming Baffi is the standard version the variant with the received pronunciation then the pidgin dialects spoken in the deep south can be compared to Edo the way many English dialects spoken in the British Isles are compared to Queens English the one which is seen as more received. because the other English dialects are in many ways difficult to understand which is different from queens English which is just Simple.

aribisala0:
Representing Nigeria well?

What is good about being on the list?

What does it mean?


Do you have any idea?

I am sorry but you cannot think? That thing inside your skull is decoration.


I do not get why being on this "LIST" is something to be happy about or what the list means

if you don't understand too then Yu sef yo brain na decoration.

Eberejesus111:
I am so impressed, by the igbo's all this development was just because of the determination, and industrious nature... Well Lagos is also good, Nigeria is going somewhere, at least we are being recognized for one applaudable thing in the world. This, I thank God it's not, "highest poverty rate","highest slum area".

Nice talk bross

Nice development I see the south east Is doing great. but can't we just enjoy something good for once without getting our tribalistic panties in a bunch especially you majority tribes any way e no consign me mah go focus for mah dear Yenagoa Problems first.

gregyboy:
I have heard many pidgin english in nigeria i notice difference in them especially niger delta thier pidgin english is of balance lacks grammer and construction it full of slangs and tribal words
Here are d diff btw an edo pidgin and others
Americans: o boy
Rivers: o men,
Yorubas: omo
Edos boy
Ibos: una men...
And so others edo pidgin is still not perfect but to
The others i have heard it is ....

Some pple dont know that pidgin can be corrected speaking enough pidgin slangs or speaking a bristish english grammer does not guarantee you speak a good english or pidgin
As for me if pidgin english is to be official it should be edo any tribe can adopt to it within a short period of time its easily understandable to the rest .....
I don't know for the baffi if its more suitable than the edos then we should consider it official then

Aboy Edo pidgin is Baffi that's what I meant. Baffi is the name of dialect of pidgin spoken in Benin Edo. Warri's own is called Waffi Sapele's own is called Saffy. Yenagoa's own is called Yeniz.
I don't still understand why you listed America there

gregyboy:
I have heard many pidgin english in nigeria i notice difference in them especially niger delta thier pidgin english is of balance lacks grammer and construction it full of slangs and tribal words
Here are d diff btw an edo pidgin and others
Americans: o boy
Rivers: o men,
Yorubas: omo
Edos boy
Ibos: una men...
And so others edo pidgin is still not perfect but to
The others i have heard it is ....

Some pple dont know that pidgin can be corrected speaking enough pidgin slangs or speaking a bristish english grammer does not guarantee you speak a good english or pidgin
As for me if pidgin english is to be official it should be edo any tribe can adopt to it within a short period of time its easily understandable to the rest .....
I don't know for the baffi if its more suitable than the edos then we should consider it official then

Aboy Edo pidgin is Baffi that's what I meant. Baffi is the name of dialect of pidgin spoken in Benin Edo. Warri's own is called Waffi Sapele's own is called Saffy. Yenagoa's own is called Yeniz.
I don't still understand why you listed America there

51 Bolo: To get famous or to make someone famous. Eg I go bolo for Facebook this year. I go bolo you Just sign. it is also a way of saying Blow it started getting popular when The English word Blow started to mean Sex in Yenagoa Pidgin.
52 Boloko: Clearly without sugar coating. Eg
53 Bolo your cover: To expose someone's lies.
54 climb head: To trick
55 Agbaka eye: Strong eye to be ambitious
56 Oguaja/Gba: hard odd jobs.
57 Gbalord: Workaholic
58 I De on things: means Iam high.
59 Sense Por fa: Ijaw means no sense
60 Aniovo: Friend
61 Apo: Ijaw Abomination.

gregyboy:
Edo words like

Skul me: teach me

Afa you: wadup

Ogun dey kill u: lol


Note: edo has the finest pidgin english free from to much slangs and tribal words .on the other hand the other part of south south pidigin english are full of slangs and little if thier language for the other part of nigeria east,west ,north thier pidgin js influence solely on thier mother tongues either in words or pronouciation ....to this note edo has the best and correct pidigin

Yes I noticed this from a Benin friend although he's parents are from Warri. he was born and raised in Benin. when he came to Yenagoa I noticed him getting lost in our pidgin slangs so I told him "you de looseguard how u no go know wetin Ofurukpe be? you weh na Pure Benin man no bi dia bi center for pidgin?" and then he said Benin all this slangs no de we na pure pidgin we de speak. and I was wondering how is it pure pidgin. lol at dat Slang Skul me in Yenagoa we say Learn me lol although it's sort of a blunder we still say it. but I think if pidgin is standardized Baffi would be the standard one. but sometimes slangwords do turn standard too. To me the places were pidgin is spoken as a first Language speaks it correctly that is the Core Nigerdelta which is Delta Bayelsa and Rivers and although they have much slangs Edo is just right in the middle in the perfect balance of not having much Tribal junk and not having much slang junk either.

SlayerForever:
Haven't had the opportunity.

OK u sound like you knowledgeable about the South-South

OneCorner:
who sabi Yoruba internationally.

What is this one trying to say. Yoruba is Nigeria's biggest export culture. and I'm not Yoruba though. I just love their culture.

SlayerForever:
Lol. Anyway,I'm from the South East.

OK I thought you were Yoruba. but have you stayed in the south before.

Fatherofdragons:
The guy is not IGBO,ignore him

Yeah I thought so he's just a troll.

SlayerForever:
Bolded: When I read it I just laughed out loud!

Okay. I'll not argue.

where are you from Sha. Although that came out wrong. I meant those Aro cults.

SlayerForever:
Cultism ofcourse.

well now that you're clear. What part of Nigeria are you from. have you stayed in the south before? in your region do cultists use the same slangs as the slangs in the South? If so then if you think the slangs we speak is Cult OT then the cultgangs in the South got influenced a lot by the Natives. it's like when Nigerians and other groups say Jamaican Slangs are Weed or Ganja language or it is influenced by Rastafarians when most Jamos aren't Rastas it's just dat the Rastas use it because Rastafarianism is deeply rooted in Jamaica not the other way around. The thing is Cultism is deeply rooted in the South not the other way around so they use the lingo of the south mostly and people who are from other regions who do not understand misinterpret it to think ND slangs are based on cultism.

SlayerForever:
Wida,Obtain,Cap,Anchor,Fall. We all know how virulent that form of criminality is in the ND. The casual slangs being rife with the lingo is testament to the fact,sadly.

Well OK but you haven't told me the crime your talking about yet. what form of Criminality?

31 Kpor well: Southern Equivalent of Park well.
32 Ofiolo: Backdoor
33 Hans: News
34 Kapa/Okpolor/Ofor: Phone Portharcourt/Yenagoa/Warri
35 Blah/Kpoh: Yenagoa/porthacourt/warri it means to Smoke.
36 pawpaw man: a person especially a man who is seen as soft and Effeminate. Yenagoa
37 Gay lord: Almost samething as Paw Paw man but worse. you don't need me to tell u.
38 I no get joy: Iam not happy
39 Joy de: Iam happy.
40 sail ship: To represent. Eg Omo I de sail Naija Ship here for jand.
41 Gum Charge: To lay Allegation or to tease someone used in Yenagoa a lot. Eg Bross why u de gum me charge na?
42.The charge gum you: it means you're guilty
43 List: Money
44 Padimina: Friend in Yenagoa
45 Table matter: to discuss. Eg Ebimo Come make we table dat phone matter now.
46 Blow shot: Shot
47 Pilota/Pileh: Driver
48 Form Stunch: Act tough
49 Die your talk: stop talking
50 Jass in: Enter.

SlayerForever:
Unsurprisingly,nearly all the slangs have roots in that particular form of criminality.

Pls Expansiate more so I can understand better.

True talk my friend. but u only focusing on the Rich why.

14 Ozed: Prostitute originated in Yenagoa. from the game Temple Run Oz. in the game they was a female character running. so they started calling her a Runs girl jokingly. and now they're calling all prostitutes Ozeds. amazing right.

15 Injeke: Yenagoa big story that seems untrue. Eg Ebimo wetin mek Yu de nak MI Injeke na?

16 Cap: to talk in Yenagoa and Portharcourt there u hardly here someone call it yarn like other cities. Eg OneCorner why Yu de Cap careless na?

15 kama Kama: Careless talk.

16 Chargin: To scold

17 Gba/Gbaga: To run Gba is much used in Yenagoa. while Gbaga is used mostly in Warri.

15 Sub/ Sele: Run

18 Moro/Mob: car

19 Toro: Vagina used in Yenagoa a lot. even by elders unintentionally because that's how the Native pronounce ToTo in they accent.

20 okpopise doingz: Used in Warri a lot and u won't hear it in any other place again. it means bad things.

21 Anchor: To settle somewhere.

22 Sanko: Prison mostly used in Yenagoa.

23 set compass or pass. : To make a deal.

24 Lap: To go or come somewhere. Eg Aboy I de lap ur Wari oh ur pot get joy?

25 Wari: House borrowed from Ijaw.

26 E go well or just E go or the new one Gos well: Means it's fine it was lit.

27 E make: Same thing as go well.

28 Fall: Die

28 Canoe full your brain: This is used as an insult to people who don't go to school or skip school to go play in the Creeks. it just means you don't have sense. Used in Yenagoa.

29 Kpo you. it literally means smoked you it is used by kids when Yabbin each other. When a kid throws a yab that really enters the blood of his opponent and it's clear. he'll just shout Kpo you. Used in Yenagoa a lot.

30 Dem Pin your ear: just means are you deaf.

HajimeSaito:
No 13: I dey go play away match

Very popular expression used in Edo state. It entered into daily language as a result of the booming overseas sex trade in Europe which is dominated by women from this part of Africa where one in every three women is a prostitute.

Oh why how me go forget Baffi. guy ur Teeth complete. no Shakin.

Probz:
Funny that I’m Igbo too.

Why would Igbo come into a thread about Delta pidgin?

Bross Thank you Abeg Im jus kon de kon monkey anyhow. Im no fit go politics section go mumu na for my thread. dis kain people nai de giv Ibo bad name. cuz mah Ibo padi men dem no go fit fall hand like dis. Mugu.

OneCorner:
Eh ehn... I no know

Trouble maker.

OneCorner:
How dare you mention south south or Niger delta without mentioning the great Igbo that has been saving your asses from the Fulani heardsmen scourge

Did you see me mention the name of any tribe there. guy Kpompi Jant no joy for jungle oh. don't come and derail my thread with your tribalism oh.

we all know the South-South is the Home of Pidgin in Nigeria it has some of the sweetest variants of Naija Pidgin especially Warri Pidgin.
so to cut things short here are some words slangs and slangwords you'd only find in the South.

PS This slangs are not only spoken by touts and Street boys like in some other regions in Naija. Here in the south every body uses slangs from Pastors in the Church to the police in the station.

Here are some slangs and they city of origin.

1 Shuooooo: This expression is quite popular in Warri and it's environs in Delta state where it originated. it's used to show surprise.

2 Wida: This is a slang word used mostly in Portharcourt and Yenagoa and they environs in Rivers and Bayelsa states. it is hard to tell which city it originates from actually. It means What's up or hi depending on the tone it can also mean what's wrong with you or what the Bleep is wrong with you. it is a very sensitive slang so you don't tell it to everybody like Elders,Cultists, and police etc. Eg Guy wida you na? how you de be? or Abobi Wida your cappin? why you kon de Kama Kama anyhow?

3 Ofurukpe: somebody who doesn't have guts originally from Warri.

4 Abobi: means boy originated from Portharcourt and also very popular in Yenagoa.

4 Aboy: same thing with Abobi but this one originated in Bayelsa Yenagoa. Even old people say it. it's a variant of Oboy.

6 Banny: Sweet girl originated in Portharcourt.

7 Dread : Pronounced Dred this means the opposite of what it means in English which is fear or hate it means love in the South. very popular in Yenagoa .

8 Bannies/Bitches Dread: ladies man.

9 kpompi : means cool down popular in Warri.

10 Kala: Gun originated in Warri.

11 Shenkens: girl originated in warri

12 Go f**k am: This expression originated in Yenagoa. it means it's of no use to me. Eg Im talk seh e no go giv me di PS3 Play. nai MI ah seh make Im go f**k am na. for some reason it's more popular among Kids from as low as 5.

Achieve/ Disarm/Obtain: Yenagoa/Portharcourt/Warri. it means to steal.

Kpokpo/Ojor/Ojomina: Warri/Yenagoa/Portharcourt. it means Police.

Add yours my batteries low am actually on mobile. so goodnight. I know seh Warri guys go come full this Thread sha.

Me I can trace mah family only a little back My Great great granddad was a Saro who was a descendant of Creole from Sierra Leone came to Lagos buh moved to Portharcourt married an Ijaw from the Zarama clan in present bayelsa state fell in love with the culture and got intergrated with them. Apparently he got Igbo and Yoruba Plus Caucasian Ancestry.